realitista@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 年前Devil's advocatelemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1288arrow-down1imageDevil's advocatelemmy.worldrealitista@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 年前message-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarerealitista@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前I’m actually very much in favor of playing devil’s advocate and do it quite often. But I also feel like an asshole doing it quite often.
minus-squareFlagonOfMe@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前I’m confused because the person you replied to just said, if your interlocutor has to play the devil, you’re the asshole. Now you’re saying, you, the devil, are the asshole, in direct contradiction to the point of their comment.
minus-squarerealitista@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前I’ve never heard anyone label someone else devil’s advocate so I wonder if this may just be a non English speaker not understanding the colloquialism.
I’m actually very much in favor of playing devil’s advocate and do it quite often. But I also feel like an asshole doing it quite often.
I’m confused because the person you replied to just said, if your interlocutor has to play the devil, you’re the asshole. Now you’re saying, you, the devil, are the asshole, in direct contradiction to the point of their comment.
I’ve never heard anyone label someone else devil’s advocate so I wonder if this may just be a non English speaker not understanding the colloquialism.